The 2011 Dartford Borough Council Election to the Dartford Borough Council was held on 5 May 2011. The whole council (44 seats) was up for election and the Conservative Party retained overall control of the council.

The Conservatives won seats from both the Labour Party and the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association, as well as retaining all their gains at the previous election.

Election result

"Residents Association" is the Swanscombe and Greenhithe Residents Association.

Turnout: 41.21%

Dartford Borough Council Election Result 5 May 2011
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 31 5 - +5 70 52.87 37,819
  Labour 9 - 3 -3 20 31.20 22,122
  Residents 4 - 2 -2 9 6.62 4690
  English Democrat 0 - - - 6.25 4615
  UKIP 0 - - - <1 392
  Green 0 - - - <1 316
  Independent 0 - - - <1 287
  Liberal Democrats 0 - - - <1 159

Ward results

In multi-member wards, "majority" is taken as the difference in votes between the lowest of the elected and the highest of the not elected.

Bean & Darenth (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Douglas Armitt 908 20.92
Conservative David Alan Hammock 886 20.41
Conservative Rebecca Louise Shanks 824 18.98
Labour Margaret Anne Eaton 416 9.58
Labour Alan William Pearson 362 8.34
Labour Sarah Wimhurst 358 8.25
English Democrat Stephen Richard Culliford 227 5.23
English Democrat Gary Paul Rogers 185 4.26
English Democrat Neil Charles Tibby 175 4.03
Majority 408
Turnout 4341 38.49
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Brent (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nancy Catherine Wightman 1152 18.93
Conservative Drew Swinerd 1129 18.55
Conservative Peter John Cannon 1115 18.32
Labour Julian Timothy Bryant 779 12.80
Labour Raghvir Singh Athwal 638 10.48
Labour Christian Arthur Nicholson 616 10.12
English Democrat Michael Terrence Tibby 252 4.14
English Democrat Jeremy Richard Chattenton 211 3.47
English Democrat Mitchell Roy Jackson 193 3.17
Majority
Turnout 6085 44.80
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Castle (1)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sheila East 337 56.35
Labour Dharma Ramdass Appadoo 122 20.40
Residents Richard John Lees 83 13.88
English Democrat Frances Elizabeth Moore 56 9.36
Majority 215
Turnout 598 32.20
Conservative hold Swing
Greenhithe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Susan Patricia Butterfill 572 14.06
Conservative Keith Martin Kelly 550 13.52
Conservative David James Mote 537 13.20
Residents Peter Martin Harman 501 12.32
Conservative Victoria Louise Morris 478 11.75
Residents Victor Openshaw 467 11.48
Labour John Wallace Masson 295 7.25
Labour Monica Lesley Masson 289 7.11
Labour Joyce Wise 287 7.06
English Democrat Dianne Cooper 91 2.24
Majority
Turnout 4067 32.39
Residents hold Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing
Conservative gain from Residents Swing
Heath (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Ronald Lloyd 1501 24.13
Conservative Patricia Anne Thurlow 1401 22.52
Conservative Richard John Wells 1365 21.95
Labour Rosetta Mary Barnett 591 9.50
Labour David John Michael Stock 560 9.00
Labour Robert John Celino 534 8.59
English Democrat Carol White-Griffiths 268 4.31
Majority
Turnout 6220 48.24
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Joyce Green (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ann Muckle 543 28.85
Labour Matthew James Bryant 512 27.21
Conservative Scott David Shewbridge 281 14.93
Conservative Terence Jonathan White 211 11.21
English Democrat Glenn Gardner 176 9.35
Liberal Democrats William Simmonds 91 4.84
Liberal Democrats George Sakellariou 68 3.61
Turnout 1882 34.26
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Joydens Wood (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ann Dorothy Allen 1766 25.57
Conservative Marilyn Iris Peters 1717 24.86
Conservative Jennifer Ann Rickwood 1661 24.05
Labour Paul Frederick Blankley 515 7.46
Labour Susan May Brooker 515 7.46
Labour Michael John Allen 501 7.25
English Democrat Laurence Williams 232 3.36
Turnout 6907 47.03
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Littlebrook (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Ivan Muckle 585 32.43
Labour Thomas Anthony Maddison 504 27.94
Conservative Julie Anne Ozog 256 14.19
Conservative Ragbhir Singh Sandhu 233 12.92
English Democrat Paul Anthony Wells 226 12.53
Turnout 1804 35.78
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Longfield, New Barn and Southfleet (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Alan Kite 1828 25.12
Conservative Steven Hamilton Brown 1747 24.01
Conservative Roger Perfitt 1562 21.46
Independent Jennifer Mary MacDonald 493 6.77
Labour
Labour Catherine Mary Stafford 449 6.17
Labour Maureen Anna Jansseune 378 5.19
Labour John Roger Ward 323 4.44
Green Christopher John Burton 316 4.34
UKIP Sanya-Jeet Thandi 181 2.49
Turnout 7277 53.05
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Newtown (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gary Reynolds 951 16.56
Conservative Avtar Singh Sandhu 938 16.33
Conservative Michael John Street 898 15.63
Labour David John Baker 842 14.66
Labour Helen Mary Susan Flint 733 12.76
Labour Gurdial Singh Rai 679 11.82
English Democrat Daryl Saines 265 4.61
English Democrat James Thomas Read 225 3.92
English Democrat Louise Ann Uncles 213 3.71
Turnout 5744 42.17
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Princes (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Bryant 811 19.87
Labour Patrick Kelly 728 17.83
Labour Geoffrey Truscott Prout 684 16.76
Conservative Rebecca Florence Storey 536 13.13
Conservative Jean Carol Shippam 529 12.96
Conservative Steven Ronald Jarnell 526 12.89
English Democrat Christine Lorraine Dunmall 268 6.57
Turnout 4082 36.57
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stone (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Burrell 713 18.53
Labour John Paul Adams 642 16.68
Labour Jonathon Simon Hawkes 609 15.83
Conservative Madeleine Barbara Phyllis Rogers 588 15.28
Labour Iqbal Badwal 560 14.55
Conservative Brian Walter Wells 544 14.14
English Democrat Paul David Cooper 192 4.99
Turnout 3848 33.89
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Sutton-at-Hone and Hawley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Patrick Francis Coleman 960 36.82
Conservative Anthony Robert Martin 817 31.34
Labour Stephen Robert David de Winton 371 14.23
Labour Samantha Kirsty Fallick 322 12.35
English Democrat Christopher Henry Bousfield 137 5.26
Turnout 2607 45.18
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Swanscombe (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Residents Bryan Ernest Read 1063 24.82
Residents Leslie James Bobby 1011 23.61
Residents John Alfred Hayes 993 23.19
Labour Anne Elizabeth Burke 359 8.38
Labour David Edward May 342 7.99
Labour Marilyn Sharon May 303 7.08
UKIP Stephen Wilders 211 4.93
Turnout 4282 32.96
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Residents hold Swing
Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Matthew John Davis 533 25.66
Conservative Christopher Jon Shippam 495 23.83
Labour Carole Ann Jones 391 18.83
Labour Ian Alexander Kettley 354 17.04
English Democrat Nathan Andrew (Potton) King 129 6.21
English Democrat Andrew Richard Charles Waghorn 106 5.10
Ashley Brown 43 2.07
Hasan Nurhakli 26 1.25
Turnout 2077 37.55
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
West Hill (3)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Arron Bardoe 1145 18.22
Conservative Anthony Wells 1142 18.17
Conservative Jan Michael Ozog 1028 16.35
Labour Christine Angell 756 12.03
Labour Garry Graham Sturley 666 10.59
Labour Samuel Taiwo-Brown 660 10.50
English Democrat John Henry Griffiths 258 4.10
English Democrat Michelle Laura Duncan 225 3.58
Independent Josephine Anne Shippam 218 3.47
English Democrat Steven Thomas Uncles 188 2.99
Turnout 6286 47.08
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Wilmington (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Edward Hunnisett 1071 38.44
Conservative Edward John Lampkin 960 34.46
Labour Derek Alexander Hills 322 11.56
Labour Graham Christopher David Steele 316 11.34
English Democrat Teresa Cannon 117 4.20
Turnout 2786 47.34
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

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